Overview
Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Lafourche has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Louisiana average of 2.6. It ranks 2nd of 3 nursing homes in Thibodaux. Its strongest area is health inspections (3 of 5), and its weakest is quality of care (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.6 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 58% of nursing homes in Louisiana (the state average is 3.8 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on February 26, 2026, found 4 health deficiencies, fewer than the Louisiana average of 6.1. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $24,501 in the past three years.
Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Lafourche is a for-profit facility with 72 certified beds, caring for about 69 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1997.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 67%
Top 66%
Top 66%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- February 26, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 4
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $24,501
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.63 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.39 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.21 hrs
- Nurse aides2.04 hrs
- Physical therapists0.06 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 72
- Average residents per day
- 69
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- December 1, 1997
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Both
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes